Uganda: Riots

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Heavily armed police patrol a street in Uganda’s capital, Kampala, on September 12, 2009. On September 10-11, police and soldiers clashed with rioters in a dispute concerning the Ugandan kingdom of Buganda. © 2009 Reuters 69342
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Baganda chant slogans outside the Buganda parliament in Kampala on September 12, 2009. © 2009 Reuters 69342
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Police arrest a man with a child in a suburb of Kampala on September 11, 2009. © 2009 Reuters 69342
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Two armored personnel carriers, carrying military police, in Kampala during the September 10-11 riots. © 2009 Private 69342
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Rioters set fires blocking main roads in Kampala on September 10, 2009. © 2009 Private 69342
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A Coca-Cola distribution truck that had been set ablaze by rioters near Busega on September 10, 2009. © 2009 Private 69342
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Daoudi Ssentongo, age 13, was killed by alleged military police in an APC in Busega on September 11, 2009. © 2009 Private 69342
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Two bullet holes mark the back door of a shop owned by Kinaalwa Sseddulaaka Jackson, who died when a soldier shot through the door while he was inside. © 2009 Human Rights Watch 69342
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A doorway in Kasubi with a bullet hole, near where Stella Kabasinguzi was shot and killed by a soldier on September 11, 2009. © 2009 Human Rights Watch 69342
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A bullet hole is visible in this door, where a soldier fired a bullet that seriously wounded a man inside the building. © 2009 Human Rights Watch 69342
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A doorway marked by a bullet hole in Ndeeba, a suburb of Kampala, where soldiers fired live ammunition on September 11, 2009. © 2009 Human Rights Watch 69342
On September 10 and 11, the riots in Uganda's capital, Kampala, began when police blocked a delegation, including the cultural king of Buganda, known as the kabaka, from visiting Kayunga district. The visit was opposed by leaders of the Banyala ethnic group who reject the kabaka’s authority. The kabaka's supporters took to the streets to protest, and violence broke out soon afterwards. The government admits that at least 27 people were killed. Human Rights Watch research indicates that at least 13 of those died in situations where soldiers used lethal force when the circumstances did not warrant it.
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